Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Knight \Knight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Knighting}.]
   To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the
   sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword,
   saying: Rise, Sir ---.

         A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of C?ur-de-Lion
         knighted in the field.                   --Shak.